Premiere

31 January 1975, London

Company

The Royal Ballet

Running time

32 minutes

Nr. of dancers

11

Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (1976) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (1995) | Photo: Jorge Fatauros
Four Schumann Pieces
Dutch National Ballet (2012) | Photo: Angela Sterling

First cast

Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Marguerite Porter, Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, David Ashmole, Mark Silver, Wendy Ellis, Michael Corder, Wendy Groombridge, Derek Deane

Music

Robert Schumann - String Quartet in A Major, Opus 41, No. 3, arrangement for string orchestra by Martin Yates

Credits

Set design

Jean-Paul Vroom

Costume design

Jean-Paul Vroom

Lighting design

Charles Bristow